Automobile radiator support



'0. E. NomNG. AUOMOBILERADIATOR SUPPORT. APISLICATION FILED MAY 25. 1921.

Patented. Oct, M, )19222.

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MY EIN Patented @et 17, 1922.

CHARLES E. NOLTING, OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS.

untreu stares AUTOMOBILE RADIATOR SUPPORT.

Applicationv led May 25,

To all whom t may coment:

Be it known that I, CHARLES, E. NoLTINo, a resident ot Little Rock, in the county of Pulaski and State of Arkansas, a citizen of the United States, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Automobile Radiator Supports, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide means for holding an automobile radiator in a. desired position while it is being repaired or tested.

A further object of the invention is'to provide a holder which may be conveniently adjusted to change the position of the radiator, and a further object is to provide a holder which may be easily adjusted to accommodate large or small radiators andwill securely hold the radiator upon which work 1s to be done.

A still further object of the invention 1s to provide means whereby a radiator may be readily moved into or out of a testing tank,

and'- another object is to provide means Awhereby a lamp may be arranged to throw its light directly upon theradiator in any 4and all p itionsot the holder.

Other incidental objects of the invention will appear in the course of the following description.

One embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whic-hc Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the apparatus;

Fig. 2 is a pla-nview, partly inv section, showing a radiator by dotted llines within the testing tank; and

Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing a. small radiator held in an upright position.

In the drawings 1 denotes the test-ing tank, which may be of any preferred or convenient iorm and construction and, in use` is filled with liquid to the proper level. Upon one corner of the tank l secure upper and lower brackets 2, in each of which, is a pair ot spaced circuinterentially grooved rollers 3,

- and passing between and guided by said rollers is a standard 4, which constitutes -a portion of a goose neck carrier and is circular in cross section in order that it may readily turn about its own longitudinal `axis between the rollers as bearings. The lower end ot this standard rests upon one end ot a set-ting lever 5, and is preferably enlarged, as at G, to reduce its liability to slip oit the 1921. Serial No. 472,378.

lever. The lever is fulcrumed between its ends on a bracket 7, projecting from the side ot the tank and, near its power end, a locking plate 8 is secured upon the lever in po' sition to ride over and engage the teeth of a ratchet bar 9, secured vertically upon the slde of the tank. It will be readily understood that the operation by footpressure upon A the lever may raise the standard 4 to any desired height and the locking plate 8 b its engagement with the ratchet 9 will hold the standard in its set position. A slight lateral pressure on the power end of the lever will release the locking plate from the rathet and permit the standard to be lowere The upper end of the standard 1 is connected by a return'bend with a hanger member 11, which extends downwardly parallel with the standard and terminates in a lateral arm 1Q, disposed approximately midway the height of the standard. rThe end otl the lateral arm carries a split sleeve 13 which is alined axially with the arm, and, in the present instance, is connected with the arm by a coupling 14. A stud 15 is rotatably received in the socket 13 and is held in a set position by the handled clamping screw or bolt 1G engaged in ears on the sleeve at the sides of the split therein in a well known manner. The outer end of the stud 15 has a head 17, and in this head is fitted the lower shouldered circular end of a post 18, which is equipped with a binding screw 19, having a lever handle whereby, when the screw turned home, the post will be clamped in any position .in which it is set, it being understood that the .post may be turned in the head about its own longitudinal axis to vary the position of the carrier bar 2O which is rigid with the upper end of the post. The carrier bar 20 is preferably integral with the upper end of the post and it extends in opposite directions therefrom. In the ends of the bar, which are split, are fitted extension bars 21, which are secured in the positions to which they may be adjusted b v the clamp screws 22. Transverse rests Q3, are provided on the carrier bar Q0, at the ends thereof, and similar rests 21 are provided on the extension -bars 21. The extremities of the extension bars are slitted and stems Q5 are fitted through the slits or splits, and adjustably secured by the clamp screws 2G. The upper e'nds ot' the stems are turned laterally and terminate in internally threadcd eyes 27, through which are engaged the screws 28 carrying clamping plates 29 at their lower ends. 'l

On the return bend 10 ,is pivotally mounted a collar 30, from which extends an arm 3l, and to this arm is pivoted one end of one of a series of pivotally connected links 32, the outermost linkcarrying an electric lamp The radiator to be tested or repaired is disposed Hat upon the rests 23 and 24 and the stems 25 are turned so as to bring the clamping plates 29 overA4 the radiator and secured, the Screws 28 being then turned home so that the radiator will be firmly ,clamped between the plates 29 and the rests 24. If the radiator be large, the extensions 21 aie drawn out the proper distance, as shown in Fig. 1, but a small radiator will be held without drawing out the extensions, as shown in Fig. 3. The stems 25 are rotatable in the extremities of the extensions so that the screws 28 will be out of the way l when a radiator is being removed or brought into place, and the members 15, 17 and 18, constitute a universal joint permitting the -radiator to be brought into any desired position with either side or either end up, and the foldable or extensible form of the lamp carrier obviously permits the lamp to`be arranged so as to throw its light upon any desired point ot' the radiator. When the radiator is to be submerged the lever 5 is manipulated to lift the gooseneck carrier so that the radiator will be raised above the level of the top of the lDank after which the vcarrier and the radiator are pushed manually to a posit-ion over the tank. The lever is then manipulated to permit descent of the carrier and the radiator to elect partial' or complete submergence of the radiator.

Reversing the operation will withdraw the radiator from the tank.

Havino thus fully described my invention, what I c aim as new land desire to secure by -Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. The combination of a tank, a carrier supported on the tank, a carrier bar on the carrier, and means connecting the carrier bar and carrier whereby the carrier bar may be moved pivotally in both vertical and horizontal planes without movement of the carrier.

2. The combination with a vertically and horizontally .movable carrier, of a carrier bar, means for clamping work upon said carrier bar, and a universal connection between said bar and the carrier.

3. The combination ot' a tank, brackets secured thereto, a vertically and horizon tally movable carrier mounted in said brackets, of a carrier bar, means for clamping work upon said bai' and a universal connection between said carrier bar and the carrier.

4:. The combination with a vertically and horizontally movable carrier, of a carrier bar, means for clamping work upon said bar, auniversal connection between said carrier bar and the carrier, and a foldable and extensible-lamp holder mountedolithe c'ariier above the carrier bar.

5. The combination of a tank, upper and lower pairs ofpe'ripherally grooved rollers mounted on the tank, a goose neck carrier having a standard passing between the rollers of each pair of rollers, and a vertically movable Support for said standard mounted on the tank.

6. The combination of a tank, upper/and lower roller bearings on the tank, a lever fulcrumed on the tank, a carrier including a standard passing vertically through said bearings and,l having its flower' end resting on one end of said lever, a vertical ratchet on the tank adjacent theopposite end of the lever, and a locking plate on the lever en-.

gaging said ratchet.

7. 'lhe combination of a-carrier, a carrier bar mounted .on the carrier, extensions adjustably secured lto the ends of said carrier bar, rests on the carrier bar and the extensions and means for clamping Work to said rests.

8. The combination vof a carrier, a carrier bar mountedA- thereon, rests on said bar, ro-

tatably and longitudinally adjustable stems at the'ends of said bar, and clamps carried by said stems to secure Work against the' 9. The combination of a carrier including signature. CHARLES E. NOLTING. 

